Russia at the Paralympics

Russia at the Paralympics
IPC code	RUS
NPC	Russian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralymp.ru (in Russian)
Medals	Gold 175 Silver 175 Bronze 151 Total 501
Summer appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016–2020
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018)  RPC (2020-2022)

Russia has competed at the Paralympic Games as different nations in its history. The nation competed as part of the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer and Winter Games, while after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992. The nation competed for a first time as Russia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and since then they participated in every summer and winter edition up until the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Doping bans[]

On 7 August 2016, the Russian Paralympic Committee was banned from participating in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics due to the doping scandal in Russia, although in 2018 they were allowed to compete as the Neutral Paralympic Athletes. The decision to ban the entire Russian team contrasts the treatment of the Russian Olympic team during the 2016 Summer Olympics, whose members could compete if they were allowed by their sport's respective governing body.^[1]

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. Russian athletes would be allowed to participate in the Paralympic under a neutral flag and with a neutral designation.

Russia later appealed against the WADA decision in the CAS. On 17 December 2020, the CAS announced its decision, reducing the suspension to two years and allowing Russian athletes to participate under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee, rather than under a neutral flag, and use the Russian national colours.^[2] For all victory ceremonies, Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 will be used in lieu of the Russian national anthem.^[3]

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking 1960–1984 Did not compete Seoul 1988 Part of the  Soviet Union (URS) Barcelona 1992 Part of the  Unified Team (EUN) Atlanta 1996 9 7 11 27 16 Sydney 2000 12 11 12 35 14 Athens 2004 16 8 17 41 11 Beijing 2008 18 23 22 63 8 London 2012 36 38 28 102 2 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Banned Tokyo 2020 Banned 1. Competed as the  RPC (RPC) Paris 2024 Future event Los Angeles 2028 Future event Total 91 87 90 268 22 Notes 1: nominally banned due to the state-sponsored doping program.

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1976 Örnsköldsvik Did not participate 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck Part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Tignes-Albertville Part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 10 12 8 30 5 1998 Nagano 12 10 9 31 5 2002 Salt Lake City 7 9 5 21 5 2006 Turin 13 13 7 33 1 2010 Vancouver 12 16 10 38 2 2014 Sochi 30 28 22 80 1 Pyeongchang 2018 Banned 1. Competed as the  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) Total 84 88 61 233 5

Medals by sport[]

See also[]

• Russian Paralympic Committee
• Russia at the Olympics

References[]